South Africans can expect a tough two years ahead as the economy feels the pinch of strikes, analysts said on Thursday. “Unless we have sensible heads putting their hands up now, we’re going to see a [downward] spiral for the next few years,” said
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Communications minister Dina Pule says digital terrestrial television broadcasting will finally be switched on in December, kicking off a long-delayed period of migration and “dual illumination” where both analogue and digital signals will coexist. Pule made the announcement
Gauteng motorists will know on Friday how e-tolling will be implemented, the inter-ministerial committee on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) said. “The committee will be making an announcement on Friday on how the e-tolls will be implemented,” spokesman Thabo Masebe said on Wednesday
Science & technology minister Naledi Pandor has been appointed by President Jacob Zuma as minister of home affairs, the presidency said on Wednesday. Deputy science minister Derek Hanekom will take over as minister of science & technology. “I congratulate Ms Pandor and Mr Hanekom
Although 95% of large SA companies have some sort of social media strategy aimed at consumers, only 51% consider their efforts on Facebook to be effective. The figure drops to just 33% for Twitter. These findings are contained in the latest SA Social Media Landscape study by World Wide Worx. The
High-profile former First National Bank chief information officer Mike Jarvis, who led a dramatic modernisation of the bank’s IT systems and who left SA in 2000 to return to his native Britain, has returned to the country. Jarvis has established a new business with former Symantec regional director
Cell C has cut the cost of using broadband late at night in an effort to fill its network during periods of low usage. The company has introduced two new bundles, under the GigaNite branding, which provides lower-cost Internet access between midnight and 6am daily. Customers can bolt on either
Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig has vowed to go after the high-spending customers of rivals MTN and Vodacom and the smaller operator’s recent deal with Discovery Vitality and recent cuts in its international tariffs represent first steps in that plan. “We
Mobile social network Mxit has integrated First National Bank’s eWallet into its mobile commerce platform, Mxit Money. The new service, called FNB Moola+, allows Mxit users to purchase the virtual currency for 35% less than it would cost if purchased using premium-rated SMS. Until now, Mxit users have had
Telkom Business has introduced new mobile broadband products which it says provide sufficient data monthly to allow buyers to run a small business for prices starting at R249/month. The new packages include a month-to-month contract option, called Data Max 15GB, that offers 15GB of data a month